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[[Image:StoneLiningHandDugWell.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Placing a stone lining in a hand dug well. Chiapas, Mexico. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aamv/366661815/ The Maya Village Project.]]]
===Manuals, videos and links===
* [http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/well-revival-effort-sees-many-other-benefits Well revival effort sees many other benefits] A community drive to revive wells in Mokhla talab near Udaipur results in water security for longer periods of time as well as making leaders out of women.
* [http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/experiments-community-wells Experiments with 'community wells'] Mobilized farmers in Dhule, Maharashtra, show how communities can use groundwater as a common resource in an organised and collective manner.
* [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/details/256 Hand dug shallow wells (Skat)]. Includes construction information plus covers lining options. Also a good section on environmental, social, and cultural considerations. Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management.
* [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/implementation/hand-dug-wells Hand Dug Wells] section of the Rural Water Supply Network website
* [http://www.consallen.com/welldigging/ Consallen]. An excellent guide to a relatively safe method of digging hand dug wells by the highly experienced British Drilling Company.
* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5567E/x5567e06.htm#5.%large%diameter%wells Large Diameter Wells]. An excellent but slightly outdated summary of hand dug wells by Koegel, made available by the UN FAO.
* [http://www.clean-water-for-laymen.com/hand-dug-wells.html Hand Dug Wells and Other Manual Methods to Dig a Well Have Been in Existence for Thousands of Years]. Compares different methods of digging a well, includes hand-dug method.